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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

News Round-Up

Oxford have signed striker Scott Rendell from Wycombe on loan until the end of the season. The former Peterboro man has scored just once this season after 19 goals last term, and had an unsuccessful month at Bristol Rovers. Swindon have signed midfielder Lee Cox on a two and a half year deal from Inverness. The former Leicester trainee has only just regained fitness following a lengthy injury outage. The Robins have also rejected another bid from Bournemouth for midfielder Matt Ritchie.

Northampton are reported to have rejected an offer from Blackpool for midfielder Michael Jacobs. The 20 year old has several admirers in the Championship. Dagenham have ended the loan of West Ham midfielder Eoin Wearen after they had seveal other midfielders return to fitness, but will extend the deal of teammate Ahmed Abdulla further.

No Bulls in the Team of the Week. Shrewsbury, Torquay, Aldershot, and Barnet all get two players each into the nominated XI. Stockport have axed four players and signed three more in a bid to avoid relegation from the Conference. Among those leaving is keeper Matt Glennon who had been a regular since signing last season with boss Jim Gannon confirming that further financial cuts had to be made.

Aldershot have released defender Aaron Brown by mutual consent after playing in less than half their games this season. Macclesfield have sent their squad to a warm weather training camp in Tenerife this week as a reward for their FA Cup run. West Ham striker Frank Nouble has rejected an offer to join Crawley. The Red Devils had a bid accepted, but the England u19 man wants to fight for a place with the Hammers instead.

Wrexham have sold teenage keeper Danny Ward to Liverpool for an initial £100,000. The youth team graduate made his first team debut on loan at Tamworth last season. Crewe are set to receive around £150,000 after former Academy player Ben Marshall was sold by Stoke to Leicester for an initial £750,000. They were paid an initial £30,000 for the player, but have a 20% sell-on clause.

The move of Bradford full back Luke O'Brien is back on after Exeter sold defender Scott Golbourne to Barnsley, freeing up funds to sign the 23 year old. Crewe are trialling full back Jordan Brown after he was released by West Ham. The 20 year old recently had a month long loan at Aldershot, playing four times. Loanee Jamie Lowry has been recalled from Gresty Road by parent club Chesterfield due to injuries.

Gillingham are trialling midfielder Oliver Lee. The West Ham youngster has had a loan at Dagenham already this season, scoring three times in 17 games. Crawley are reported to have rejected a £1.9million double bid for striker Tyrone Barnett and defender Kyle McFadzean from Peterboro. Bristol Rovers have released midfielder Ben Swallow by mutual consent. The winger was transfer listed in December after being sent off in the FA Cup.

Preston have signed Torquay defender Chris Robertson after he put in a transfer request. The 25 year old former Sheff Utd trainee has been at Plainmoor since 2007 and signs for an undisclosed fee. Northampton have signed American keeper Neal Kitson on a deal until the end of the season. The 26 year old hold dual US and UK passports and is awaiting international clearance after previously playing for Rochester Rhinos in the third tier of the US pyramid.

Plymouth have signed strikers Juvhel Tsournou and Alex McDonald on loan. German Tsournou, from Preston, signs until the end of the season after four goals for the Deepdale outfit this term, while Burnley's McDonald has signed for five weeks. Crawley have signed striker Billy Clarke from Blackpool on a two and a half year deal. The 24 year old missed last season due to injury, but made his comeback in a months loan at Sheff Utd before Christmas.

Bristol Rovers have signed full back Jim Paterson until the end of the season. The 32 year old former Plymouth defender was previously with manager Mark McGhee at Motherwell, and spent the last six months with Shamrock Rovers. Bradford have released teenage midfielder Patrick Lacey by mutual consent after he failed to make a first team appearance.

Wimbledon have loaned Ryan Jackson to Cambridge until the end of the season, extended Lee Minshull's loan at Newport to the end of the season, and sent James Mulley to Hayes and Yeading for an initial month. Rotherham have extended the loan of keeper Rhys Taylor from Chelsea until the end of the season. He made his debut at the weekend after replacing fellow loanee Conrad Logan.